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Laws of the State of North Carolina, passed by the General Assembly [1846-1847]

32 CH3R0KES LANDS. 181G 47
sold, as well to secure liomes to the first ptirehasers, as for the
benefit of the State, no revenue U'hatever being derived by
the State from said lands at present: for remedy whereof,
Be it ey-ictcied by the Gencril ^sscmbhi of the State of North
Lands sue „ ,. , , . ^ ,
rendered by Carolina, audit 13 hereby eriacted by the aathority oj the so;ne,
iusoivenis That all the lands surrendered by insolvents, under the
under valu pi'ovisions of Said act, shall be again sold, under the tol-
Bdon of lowing rules and restrictions, that is to say, the county
board ap ='^ ^. , , . . ' ^ , ^ . r >
lK>iiiiedby courtoi Onerokee, (a majority oi tha Justices oi saiQ coun-foiirt
and ty beins: preseutj shall appoint one discreet person, residing
"^ ' in Cherokee county, and the Governor shall appoint two
others, not residents of Cherokee county, who shall con-st
itue a board of valuation, whose duty it shall be to value
the lands so surrendered to the State, at a fair cash valua-tion,
in the following manner : 1st, at tlieir present v/orth,
including the improvements placed upon them, by the for-mer
purchasers, or their assigns : 2nd, the worth of said
lands when sold by the State in September, 183S, including
such improvements as v/ere on them at that time; taking
Lnto consideration in both cases the locality of said lands,
and the facilities the purchasers may have in the trans-portation
of their produce to market; and the said board of
valuation shall make out duplicate lists of each class of
valuation, as soon as may be, one copy of each class of such
lists to be filed in the clerk's office of the county coutt of
Cherokee, and the other they shall transmit to the Govern-or;
and such copy filed in the clerk's office, as by this act
directed, shall be kept hj the clerk among the records of said
court: Provided, that in no case shall the board of Valu-ation
hereby authorised place a less valuation upon th «,
aforesaid lund, than the rate fixed by the Act of Assembly
of 1836, for the respective classes.
Sec. 2. Be it further enadcJ, That the first purchasers
iXio'^fhsi,
^^'^•^'^ have surrendered said lands, their heirs, devisees, or
purchasers, assignees, respectively, shall have a pre-emption right to
bomi^^^ore
purchase the lands they, or either of them, have so surren-jiayable.
dercd, at the second valuation by said board : Provided,
the right of pre-emption aforesaid, shall extend to no assignee,
who may have become such since the surrender aforesaid;

32 CH3R0KES LANDS. 181G 47
sold, as well to secure liomes to the first ptirehasers, as for the
benefit of the State, no revenue U'hatever being derived by
the State from said lands at present: for remedy whereof,
Be it ey-ictcied by the Gencril ^sscmbhi of the State of North
Lands sue „ ,. , , . ^ ,
rendered by Carolina, audit 13 hereby eriacted by the aathority oj the so;ne,
iusoivenis That all the lands surrendered by insolvents, under the
under valu pi'ovisions of Said act, shall be again sold, under the tol-
Bdon of lowing rules and restrictions, that is to say, the county
board ap ='^ ^. , , . . ' ^ , ^ . r >
lK>iiiiedby courtoi Onerokee, (a majority oi tha Justices oi saiQ coun-foiirt
and ty beins: preseutj shall appoint one discreet person, residing
"^ ' in Cherokee county, and the Governor shall appoint two
others, not residents of Cherokee county, who shall con-st
itue a board of valuation, whose duty it shall be to value
the lands so surrendered to the State, at a fair cash valua-tion,
in the following manner : 1st, at tlieir present v/orth,
including the improvements placed upon them, by the for-mer
purchasers, or their assigns : 2nd, the worth of said
lands when sold by the State in September, 183S, including
such improvements as v/ere on them at that time; taking
Lnto consideration in both cases the locality of said lands,
and the facilities the purchasers may have in the trans-portation
of their produce to market; and the said board of
valuation shall make out duplicate lists of each class of
valuation, as soon as may be, one copy of each class of such
lists to be filed in the clerk's office of the county coutt of
Cherokee, and the other they shall transmit to the Govern-or;
and such copy filed in the clerk's office, as by this act
directed, shall be kept hj the clerk among the records of said
court: Provided, that in no case shall the board of Valu-ation
hereby authorised place a less valuation upon th «,
aforesaid lund, than the rate fixed by the Act of Assembly
of 1836, for the respective classes.
Sec. 2. Be it further enadcJ, That the first purchasers
iXio'^fhsi,
^^'^•^'^ have surrendered said lands, their heirs, devisees, or
purchasers, assignees, respectively, shall have a pre-emption right to
bomi^^^ore
purchase the lands they, or either of them, have so surren-jiayable.
dercd, at the second valuation by said board : Provided,
the right of pre-emption aforesaid, shall extend to no assignee,
who may have become such since the surrender aforesaid;